Masked Girls Kill Girl at Harlem School
In Harlem two 12 year old girls and a third student attacked Margaret Patton with a sharp object in a recreation room. Madeline Kirk and Eileen Foster were charged with serious case and delinquency respectively after police said the victims were burned items and stolen papers found at a backyard bonfire.
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New York
Margaret Patton
Mar
Madeline Kirk
Eileen Foster
James Weldon
Harlem
Central Books
Eileen
Margaret
Madeline
Weldon
Little Opposition To Ponape Bombing
Army bombers faced only moderate anti aircraft fire as they bombed airfields on Truk and the Marshalls. A Pacific fleet press release said Sunday activity in the Central Pacific blasted enemy coastal guns anti aircraft batteries and a power plant on Japanese held Marshalls islands.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Te Island
Truk
Marshalls
Navy
Pacific
Central Pacific
Marshalls Group
Navy Big Three Hold Conference in San Francisco
The Navy disclosed that Adm. Ernest J. King, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, and Adm. William F. Halsey Jr. held a war council in San Francisco Sunday. King presented Nimitz with a Distinguished Service Medal for his strategic leadership against Japan, with Halsey in attendance at Vice Admiral Bagley’s San Francisco headquarters.
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Washington
Navy Department
U. S
Adm
Ernest J. King
Ian Chester W. Nimitz
Owal Forces
William F. Halsey, Jr
South Pacific
San Francisco
King
Nimitz
Congress
Japan
Navy
Halsey
David W. Bagley
Western Sea Frontier
Ford and Foreman's Union Sign Contract
Ford Motor Company announced it signed a contract with the Foreman's Association of America, becoming the first major Detroit area firm to reach an agreement with supervisory employees.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Foreman’s Association of America
Ax Cement
Two Creamery Firms Settle OPA Judgments
In Waterloo, the Silver Spring Creamery of Delhi paid 794.74 and the West Union Farmers Creamery of West Union paid 818.86 in federal court for violating OPA butter price ceilings.
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Waterloo
Silver Spring Creamery Company
Delhi
West Union Farmers Creamery Company, Inc
West Union
OPA
Ban on May Wheat Futures Prohibited by Chicago Board of Trade
Trading in May 1944 wheat futures was prohibited by the Chicago Board of Trade on Tuesday. The rule takes effect Wednesday and allows only liquidation of contracts that were open at the close of business Tuesday.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
East St. Louis and South St. Paul Stockyards Impose Embargo
The East St. Louis stockyards announced an indefinite embargo on hog receipts on Tuesday. The South St. Paul stockyard committee urged farmers to withhold hog shipments due to heavy runs and large holdovers causing a glut in Midwest hog markets.
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Chicago
East St. Louis
South St. Paul, Minn
Death of Dame Ethel Smyth Noted English Composer
London report announces the death of Dame Ethel Smyth veteran English composer author journalist and suffragette aged 66 in London. She championed women’s suffrage and left a lasting mark on music and public life through advocacy and art.
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London
Ins
Ethel Smyth
Two Refugee Women Held for Smuggling Messages
The Justice Department announced that two refugee women from Europe who arrived in the U S on the Gripsholm are held at Ellis Island for allegedly smuggling hidden messages. FBI lab analysis found 20 concealed notations in coats boots a mirror and other items. The women Helen Delinikaitis Braun and Mary Anna Delnikaijtis claimed the markings were personal.
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Washington
The
Justice
Europe
United States
Gripsholm
Ellis Island
FBI
Helen Delinikaitis Braun
Hei
Mary Anna Delnikaijtis
Flood Control Fund Approved by House
The House passed by voice vote a bill authorizing flood control construction at a cost of 810000. The measure, part of postwar public works, forbids wartime appropriations and stresses states rights in the debate.
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Washington
House
Youth Heads Nazi Air Arm in West
AP reports Adolf Hitler appointed Maj. Gen. Pelz to lead the western Nazi air forces and build a strong striking force to repel an Allied invasion. The West air force reorganized into three corps focusing on fighters and bombers amid losses in production and Allied air superiority forecasts.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Pelz
Ar Eral
Hitler
West
Trunk Killer Confesses Drunken Quarrel Slaying Bride
Crystal City police hold 23 year old Joel Villegas after he confessed to killing his Chicago bride in a drunken quarrel and shipping her body to Los Angeles in a trunk. The victim, Louise Wt, was identified as a Mississippian native, and Villegas previously claimed multiple marriages. Police linked him to the trunk delivery as the man known as John Lopez, ending a 16 hour manhunt toward Mexico.
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Chicago
Soyle Ville
Crystal City
Memphis
Tenn
Joel Wiley
Villegas
Texas
Mexican
Mexico
John Lopez
Humboldt woman badly hurt in car crash
Humboldt Iowa, Mrs Erwin Schulze, 41, remained in serious condition Tuesday night after a car crash. She suffered multiple broken bones and chest injuries.
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Humboldt, Ia
Erwin Schulze
Humboldt
Juries Suffered In Auto Collision With Humboldt Farmer
An auto collision injured jurors when a car driven by Humboldt farmer John Ford struck a vehicle. Ford remained at the scene and cooperated with authorities.
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John Ford
Humboldt Farmer
Ford
Constipation relief via Kellogg's All Bran muffins
In a consumer letter Mrs. J. F. Grubb of Fountain City endorses Kellogg's All Bran as a gentle regulator for constipation caused by lack of dietary fiber. The ad urges Regular consumption of All Bran or muffins with plenty of water and cautions to insist on the genuine product from Kellogg's Battle Creek.
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J. F. Grubb
Fountain City
Ellogg
Kellogg’s
Buttle Creek
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